If you take out a nickel and look at the back of it, you will see a resemblance of Monticello. Jefferson was a person that kept written details of things in his life and was very meticulous in the details of his house. The details were about many things in his life, not only of Monticello, and its revisions-remodeling, but of his gardens, crops and his management of slaves.
Monticello is said to be the masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson. He designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years and its flower gardens were an obvious show of the love for flowers.The food gardens were not only a source of food, but also an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
In a later remodel, Monticello is said to be the first house to use a dome in its structure.
On the tour, pictures were not allowed in the house but the link may help to see the inside.
Grammie outside Monticello
Jefferson thought that education was very important so he founded the University of Virginia. From Monticello, you can see the dome at the University of Virginia, also known as just Virginia.
Monticello was built on the top of a mountain, but it was not the highest in the area. Altus mountain, which Jefferson at one time owned, overlooks Monticello and is now privately owned.
A wide view of his garden area today.
To the east, Jefferson could look out a distance of 40 miles...and to the west a distance of 25 miles to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Jefferson's house featured a bottom cellar running the width of his house which included a wine cellar, a beer storage area, storage for his garden crops as well as many winter supplies. There were 2 staircases as well as dumbwaiters that servants used to bring up supplies. The supplies were kept cold using ice from a 16 foot diameter by 12 foot deep ice house located outside on the north side of the house.
Also outside, at the cellar level were storage areas for horses, carriages, and other supplies.
The top of the mountain was flattened to make an area for his flower gardens.
The tulips were in various colors.
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